Justin Bieber Becomes Latest Celeb to Sign Up for Trip into Space

On Friday it was announced that Justin Bieber is to be the latest to sign up for a trip into space when Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic trips eventually become a reality.

The pop prince, along with his manager Scooter Braun were congratulated by Branson himself as he tweeted "Great to hear @justinbieber & @scooterbraun are latest @virgingalactic future astronauts. Congrats, see you up there!"

Bieber answered the tweet by saying  "I wanna do a concert in space". To this, NASA came to his assistance by saying "We can help you with that". 

(above: design of the seats in the spacecraft) 

Coming along for the ride are actors Ashton Kutcher and Leonardo DiCaprio,both of which have already paid $250,000 deposits to take their trips. DiCaprio entered a £1million lot into the Cannes AmFAR Cinema Against Aids gala where a bidder won the chance to sit next to him during the flight.

Passengers on Virgin Galactic will be sent 62 miles up and will experience weightlessness for a few minutes.